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Jump to: navigation, searchMana Neyestani is an Iranian cartoonist. He is the brother of Touka Neyestani, who is also a cartoonist.
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He is of Iranian ethnicity.[1][2][3][4] Riots erupted by ethnic Azeris in Iran when they took offense in Mana Neyestani's cartoon, published in the children's section of the 12 May 2006 supplement of Iran, a government run newspaper. The cartoon depicted a coackroach responding in Azeri or Persian. He along with Mehrdad Ghasemfar, the editor-in-chief of Iran, were arrested by government officials and the newspaper was closed down following the riots.
Neyestani was born in 1973 in Tehran. He is a graduate of University of Tehran with a M.A. in Architecture and a high profile and successful cartoonist since his first drawings for Zan newspaper in 1998.[5]
Mana Neystani's father Manouchehr was a famous Iranian poet.[6]
[edit] Life
This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (Consider using more specific clean up instructions.) Please improve this section if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (January 2010) Mana received a M.A. of Architecture from Tehran University. He began drawing cartoons for the press in 1989. He has worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for economic,intellectual, political, cultural and professional magazines. He started drawing editorial cartoons from 1998, for the "Zan" newspaper. During 1998-2000, he drew a large number of cartoons for various reformist newspapers such as, Asr-e Azadegan, Sobhe Emrooz, Mosharekat, Azad, Neshat (as a freelance) and for Aftab-e Emrooz (as a staff cartoonist). Mana has won several medals and honorary diplomas from different International competitions:
- 4th award of blue-sky contest in Tehran (1997)
- 2nd award of blue-sky contest in Tehran (1998)
- 2nd award of housing in Tehran (1999)
- 2nd award of Atomic Bomb cartoon contest of Golagha magazine(1999)
- Diploma of honor of Football international cartoon contest in Iran (1999)
- Diploma of honor of 4th biennial international cartoon in Iran (1999)
- Selected in section final of comic strip in Umoristi a Marostica in Italy (1999)
- First award of the press festival in cartoon in Iran (1999)
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[edit] References
- ^ "Cockroach Cartoonist Jailed In Iran". The Comics Reporter. 2006-05-24. http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cockroach_cartoonist_jailed_in_iran/.
- ^ "Iranian paper banned over cartoon". BBC News. 2006-05-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5008420.stm.
- ^ "IFJ Criticises “Political Interference” as Cartoons Rows Put Journalists in Jail in Iran and Jordan". International Federation of Journalists. June 3, 2006. http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?Index=3956&Language=EN.
- ^ "IRAN: Azeris unhappy at being butt of national jokes". IRIN (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)). 2006-05-25. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=53543&SelectRegion=Asia&SelectCountry=IRAN.
- ^ "Biography of Mana Neyestani". International Cartoon Center or IRANCARTOON International Features. Archived from the original on 2005-10-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20051016055902/http://irancartoon.com/MANA/INDEX2.HTM. Retrieved 2007-02-08.
- ^ (Persian) http://www.iraninstitute.com/1382/821024/html/art.htm
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